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I want to provide the user with a hint on what he needs to enter into my text field. However, when I set the value, it does not disappear once a user clicks on the text field. How can you make it disappear?
<form action="input_password.htm"> <p>Username:<br><input name="Username" value="Enter username.." type="text" size="20" maxlength="20"></p> </form> 
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If you want to set a hint for text area or input field, then use the HTML placeholder attribute. The hint is the expected value, which gets displayed before the user enters a value, for example, name, details, etc.
The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format). The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value.
The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of a input field / textarea. The short hint is displayed in the field before the user enters a value.
With a bit of JavaScript:
<input value="Enter username..." onfocus="if (this.value === 'Enter username...') this.value=''" ... /> HTML5 has a nice attribute for this, called placeholder:
<input placeholder="Enter username.." ... /> but this attribute is not supported in old browsers.
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You'd need attach an onFocus event to the input field via Javascript:
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